There's Still Time to Submit a Proposal for NISO Plus 2027 in Baltimore
There's Still Time to Submit a Proposal for NISO Plus 2027 in Baltimore
August 2026
Get your idea(s) in by September 10!
Scholarly communications professionals, what's keeping you up at night? Whatever it is, you don't have to go it alone—share your challenges and explore potential solutions at our NISO Plus Baltimore conference (February 15–17, 2027)! The call for proposals is open through September 10, 2026.
NISO Plus Baltimore brings together professionals from across the information community to identify shared challenges and brainstorm potential solutions. We invite proposals addressing a broad range of topics, from accessibility and all things AI to open research and research integrity. Here's a list of suggestions from our NISO Plus Planning Committee:
Accessibility
AI in scholarly communications
Measuring AI usage
MCPs and chatbots for researchers
AI-generated metadata and provenance
AI transparency and disclosure
AI tools and use cases
Cross-institutional collaboration models
Digital preservation
Diversity, equity, and inclusion in scholarly communications
Federated identity and access control systems
Licensing and copyright
Metadata and persistent identifiers
Open access models and business processes
Open data
Open scholarship infrastructure
Peer review
Political and financial pressures on scholarly communications and infrastructure
Research integrity
Search and discovery systems
Don't worry if you don't see your idea here! We want to hear about what's important to you and your organization, so topics not on the list are welcome.
Again, the deadline for submissions is open through September 10, so get your ideas in soon. All submissions will be reviewed by the Planning Committee, and we will inform everyone of their decisions by October 5, 2026.